Happening This Week
Tues. 7/17 5:00 pm
Mambo Cocktail Hour
Free
Triple Door Musiquarium (Downtown)
“Traditional rhythms of Cuba and South America are given flight with jazz arrangements and sensibility. The songs breathe with a deep lyricism, inviting the audience into a rich and unpredictable musical landscape, where cha-cha-cha, vals, and swing meet like old friends on the dance floor.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Tues. 7/17 6:30 pm
WordPress Lightning Talks & Help Desk
Free
Smart Buildings Center (Beacon Hill)
“Want Help with your WordPress site, or want to help others? This is the place to come for learning and help getting over a hurdle. Bring your laptop and be ready to share your question, or help others with their questions.” Lightning talks on Intro to Design & CSS Compatibility.
#WordPress
Wed. 7/18 5:30 pm
Hacker News Meetup
Free
WeWork Lincoln Square (Bellevue)
“Our July Meetup will feature Nathan Myhrvold, former Chief Strategist & Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, and present Cofounder of Intellectual Ventures, a $6 billion, 40,000 asset Intellectual Property portfolio/patent development and deployment business.”
#Tech
Thurs. 7/19 6:00 pm
Voice-First Design in Healthcare
$10.00
Socrata (International Disctrict)
“Learn about the exciting ways in which companies are using voice-first technology to improve healthcare. Practical tips you can use to design your own conversations.”
#Design
Thurs. 7/19 7:30 pm
City Planning Poetry
Free
Vermillion (Capitol Hill)
“New poems about commute trip reduction, affordable housing, and the babysitter’s seance.”
#HauteSeattle
Thurs. 7/19 8:00 pm
Scorchy
$8-12.00
Ark Lodge Cinema (Columbia City)
“Seattle’s ultimate 70s crime action movie returns! Connie Stevens stars as an undercover narc in pursuit of a ruthless drug kingpin, leading to a series of action-packed chases – by car, motorcycle, dune buggy, speed boat, and helicopter – through the familiar and forgotten cityscape of dirty 1970s Seattle.”
#HauteSeattle
Fri.-Sun. 7/20-22 11:00 am-9:00 pm Fri. & Sat.; 11:00 am-8 pm Sun.
Bite of Seattle
Free
Seattle Center (Queen Anne)
“Seattle’s original food & beverage showcase featuring 60+ restaurants & pop-up vendors, craft beer & cider tasting, 90+ live bands.”
#Community
Fri.-Sun. 7/20-22 4:00-10:00 pm Fri.; 10:00 am-10:00 pm Sat.; 10:00am-8:00 pm Sun.
Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow
Free
Daybreak Star Center (Magnolia)
“United Indians of All Tribes Foundation cordially invites you to join us. Come and celebrate with our family, reunite with old friends and make new ones! Enjoy fantastic food, music, and dance. All are welcome.”
#Community
Fri.-Sun. 7/20-22
Capitol Hill Block Party
$65-300
various locations (Capitol Hill)
“Capitol Hill Block Party is an annual, 3-day music festival and block party held each July in the heart of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.”
#Community
Fri. 7/20 7:30 pm
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
$20.00
Tula’s (Belltown)
“Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist, composer and arranger, is among the top Brazilian musicians working today.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Fri. 7/20 8:00 pm
Moth StorySLAM
$10.00
Bloedel Hall (Capitol Hill)
“BETRAYAL: Prepare a five minute story about violations of trust. Blurted secrets, cheated lovers and broken promises. Knowing when to snitch and knowing where to hide when the truth comes out. True friends stab you in the front…”
#SEATalks
Sat. 7/21 10:00 am
WordPress 101
Free
Works Progress (Greenwood)
“Come get an introduction to WordPress and get some questions answered. This is a drop-in class with a rotating set of topics. Each class starts with a short presentation on that month’s topic, followed by plenty of time to ask questions and troubleshoot
#WordPress
Sat. 7/21 11:00 am
West Seattle Grand Parade
Free
California Ave SW, Lander > Alaska (West Seattle)
“Celebrate the diverse community and participants of the greater Seattle area. Part of the Seafair family of events and includes pirates, clowns, marching bands, drill teams, floats, pageantry and excitement.”
#Community
Sat. 7/21 8:00 pm
Bombino
$22.50
Crocodile (Belltown)
“Bombino is an internationally acclaimed Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from Agadez, Niger.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sun. 7/22 1:00 pm
Cephalopod Appreciation Society
Free
Waterfront Space Gallery (Waterfront)
“Annual community gathering of the original Cephalopod Appreciation Society. Learn about the octopus, squid, chambered nautilus, and cuttlefish (plus special shout outs to the Kraken, R.I.P. ammonites) through poetry, music, film, science, art and more!”
#Science!
Next Week
Tues. 7/24 8:00 pm
Salon of Shame
$16.00
Theatre Off Jackson (International Disctrict)
“Join us as we drink and exploit our younger selves for your entertainment! The idea is simple: Seattleites stand and read from their worst adolescent writing, including middle school diaries, high school poetry, unsent letters, etc. Everybody wins when it comes to embarrassment!”
#HauteSeattle
Sat. 7/28 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Art in the Garden
Free
Ballard P-Patch (Ballard)
“There’s something for everyone, from jewelry to garden art, photography to blown glass. New this year: Artists live on-site at various spots in the garden. Come, watch art in-progress!”
#Community
Noteworthy Upcoming Events
Thurs.-Sun. 8/2-5
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
$34.50
Jazz Alley (Downtown)
“Master Conguero, Band Leader and Latin Jazz Legend Poncho Sanchez stirs up a fiery stew of straight-ahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 8/4 7:30 and 10:00 pm
Rebirth Brass Band
$25.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band is a true New Orleans institution. While committed to upholding the tradition of brass bands, they’ve also extended themselves into the realms of funk and hip-hop to create their signature sound.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Wed. 8/8 8:00 pm
DakhaBrakha
$32.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Ukrainian ‘ethno chaos’ band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 8/8 8:00 pm
Tinariwen
$45-60.000
Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
“These extraordinary guitar-poets from the southern Sahara desert blend blues, rock and pop with Berber and Arabic influences to create an altogether hypnotic concert experience.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
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Thurs. 8/9 7:30 pm
Novalima & Chancha Via Circuito
$18-25.00
Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
“Founded by four friends from Lima with a shared passion for traditional Afro-Peruvian music and modern DJ culture . . . While their sound is futuristic and cutting-edge, the roots of Novalima’s music reach back hundreds of years.” With Y La Bamba and Edna Vazquez.
#SeattleWorldBeat
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Sat.-Sun. 8/18-19 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Seattle Mini Maker Faire
$7-23.00
MoPop (Seattle Center)
“Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is a gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors.”
#Community
Fri.-Sun. 9/7-9
Swordsquatch
$100-245.00
SANCA (Georgetown)
“Swordsquatch is three days of Historical Martial Arts workshops, competition, and camaraderie in the Georgetown district of Seattle. Fight. Learn. Make friends, then fight them!”
#HauteSeattle
Fri. 10/5 9:00 pm
Too Many Zooz
$20.00
Tractor Tavern (Ballard)
“Too Many Zooz’s manic music, dubbed ‘BrassHouse’ by drummer King of Sludge, is an irresistible rocket that combines styles more diverse and far-flung than any international space station.”
#SeattleWorldBeat
Sat. 11/17 8:00 am-4:30 pm
TEDxSeattle 2018
$35-250.00
McCaw Hall (Seattle Center)
“The theme for this year’s event is Tall Order. As an individual, many of us have thought, ‘that’s a tall order’ about something in our personal and work lives. As a theme, Tall Order balances the sense that these are challenging times – but that the challenges can be met. Tickets will go on sale this summer.”
#SEATalks